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3 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Durables Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading up 42 points (0.3%) at 14,338 as of Thursday, March 7, 2013, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,674 issues advancing vs. 1,197 declining with 153 unchanged.

The Consumer Durables industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the industry that fell today was
Panasonic Corporation (
PC), up 1.8%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3.
Hasbro (
HAS) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Durables industry higher today. As of noon trading, Hasbro is up $0.48 (1.2%) to $41.43 on light volume Thus far, 404,194 shares of Hasbro exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $40.89-$41.47 after having opened the day at $40.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.95.

Hasbro, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of children's and family leisure time products and services worldwide. Hasbro has a market cap of $5.2 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.0, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Hasbro a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Hasbro as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full
Hasbro Ratings Report now.